Buying a workbench

[BetterDays]

I'm heading over to Menards to put together a-la-carte steel shelving for an entertainment center with albums and a bunch of big old 70's receivers (very heavy). If it looks to drab I can paint it or add wood trim to the front to spruce it up. They have lot's of options for width and height and accessories like doors and drawers.

https://www.menards.com/main/search.html?search=steel+component+shelving

My back wall of the garage is all steel shelving. (two 90" sections, two 72" sections, all 6' tall).
Way too much **** to store is that I think that means... (and yet, still need more room).

 

[Aaron_W]

As luck would have it, this hit Marketplace late last night at a price that was acceptable.
For the small investment, it is a great start to what I wanted and 36" W, 96"L, and 40"H
Add the bottom shelf, add plywood top (I have some 1/4" plywood already) and ready to go.

Just a rough guess but that is probably around $200 in materials.

 

[BetterDays]

Progress shots
Larger Power tools will be on the black shelving and totes will be on the workbench to store handheld power tools

 

[Codyboy]

Looks to be a decent bench.

I built mine 36" deep against the wall. It's ok but 30" would have probably been better too.
36" to 48" is fine for a bench that has access all the way around. Stuff like assembly or whatever it's better.
You mention no truck but have a lot of tools that cut wood. How do you get the wood home that you're going to work?
Also for the materials in that bench, I'd bet you could have put that into a car unless its really small. Strap the longer stuff to the luggage rack.
Idk.
Ive always had a truck and never had to consider doing that.
Hell for that matter you could sling some long 2x material underneath the car. There's always a way.

 

[BetterDays]

Looks to be a decent bench.

I built mine 36" deep against the wall. It's ok but 30" would have probably been better too.
36" to 48" is fine for a bench that has access all the way around. Stuff like assembly or whatever it's better.
You mention no truck but have a lot of tools that cut wood. How do you get the wood home that you're going to work?
Also for the materials in that bench, I'd bet you could have put that into a car unless its really small. Strap the longer stuff to the luggage rack.
Idk.
Ive always had a truck and never had to consider doing that.
Hell for that matter you could sling some long 2x material underneath the car. There's always a way.

36" is perfect for this and the universe delivered. It will sit where to the left in the photo where the thin black bench (with fire extinguisher) is sitting, as this new 36" replaces the old 24"


Any work I plan to do will most likely be able to be cut down and fit into an accessible vehicle. Renting a truck / delivering depending on volume (aka, $30 to rent the truck and spend the time shopping, etc OR $79 to put it in the cart and have it delivered). The larger issue here was time. Thankfully, I had 2 hours open up one night this week to add the bottom shelf (I just needed 2x4s from Big Orange) and then most of the day on Sunday unexpectedly freed up to allow me to rethink the plans (for the umpteenth time) and then add a full middle shelf instead of a partial middle shelf.

I have a 2017 Passat and no roof rack. The 2x4 can fit in the car, but not the sheets of plywood.
I am not one to put things on the roof or the under the car. Just asking for an issue..

 

[walta]

Looks like a great work table. Consider getting rid of thew wheels if it will be staying in a fixed location 99% of the time. The wheels make it wiggly and I like to work on a solid surface.

Walta

 

[BetterDays]

Looks like a great work table. Consider getting rid of thew wheels if it will be staying in a fixed location 99% of the time. The wheels make it wiggly and I like to work on a solid surface.

Walta

Already looking at that, as I have a different version of casters that lift up.
WHEN I make the change (as I will make the change), I will redo the bottom shelf and legs to extend the height to where I want it, as losing the casters now makes it low for me.

 

[walta]

Already looking at that, as I have a different version of casters that lift up.
WHEN I make the change (as I will make the change), I will redo the bottom shelf and legs to extend the height to where I want it, as losing the casters now makes it low for me.

Most of the lifting gimmicks are still wiggly even when locked.

 

[BetterDays]

Most of the lifting gimmicks are still wiggly even when locked.

The set I have will place the legs on the ground and then lift to move it

 

[amateurwheels]

I buy my 36" tops from here, and they have complete benches, or you can add pieces like legos... https://www.globalindustrial.com/searchResult?q=2" maple workbench